{"id":1555,"date":"2023-09-02T23:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T23:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelwolff.com.au\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T23:39:06","slug":"vogue-tanja-bruckner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidshipmandesign.com.au\/mw18-staging\/2023\/09\/02\/vogue-tanja-bruckner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vogue Annie Schutzinger"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a museum-worthy debut collection, Annie Emms unleashed a world of lysergic colour and bold prints, made by one single needle.
\nThis 85-year-old Australian designer shares the process of her homespun runway show.<\/p>\n

Story by JONAH WATERHOUSE<\/h3>\n

Image credits: Tanja Bruckner<\/h3>\n

Original article here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Annie Schutzinger has always been creative, but it wasn\u2019t until later in life when her imaginative side began to manifest through fashion. \u201cI\u2019ve been to art school for live drawing, and an art studio working with other girls over the years, [but] fashion I\u2019ve always loved\u2014to wear, to think about, to inspire,\u201d the designer says.<\/p>\n

Many people love clothes, but few can execute the kinds of shapes and silhouettes Schutzinger has managed in her recent work. As a former interior designer and lover of art inspired by a lifetime of creativity, she presented an ad-hoc runway show titled \u2018Grace\u2019 (named after her dog) at the Merchant\u2019s Warehouse in Annandale last month, with pieces that channelled wearable art through detail, colour, and knitted wool. All were made by hand and crafted with one single needle; take the skirt with a round-edged hem visibly evoking undersea crustaceans, or the woven pieces fashioned into vests and unisex dresses. Speaking over the phone from Sydney, she\u2019s still elated from the parade, which long-time friends like gallerist Ali Yeldham and designer Akira Isogawa attended to show support; the latter she regards as an ongoing inspiration, and she even reworked some of his historic pieces for this range.<\/p>\n

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\n\u201cI\u2019ve been to many of his shows at fashion week,\u201d she says, and cites Isogawa\u2019s formal gowns as particularly inspiring. Schutzinger bought a collection of his \u2018dolls\u2019\u2014paper figurines that marked a foray outside fashion for the Japanese-Australian designer and are now collector\u2019s items\u2014marking a friendship that would last decades. Schutzinger says the dolls\u2019 androgynous style was a formative inspiration for her genderless work, something she committed to when creating \u2018Grace\u2019. In this way, she says the collection encapsulates \u201cthe inclusiveness and the respect and recognition of the hard journey [to equality] for everyone. I think through fashion and clothes, through fun and sharing, a lot of barriers are broken down\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nIn a similar way, Isogawa\u2019s collections have always straddled a line between fantasy, elegance, and genderfluidity, seen most recently at his Australian Fashion Week resort 2024 show with Iordanes Spyridon Gogos. But for Schutzinger, notions of wearability went completely out the window in favour of true otherworldliness. In the outfit seen above, a model\u2019s slicked-back hair and nomadic crossbody-slung bags conveyed a fisherman\u2019s outfit, to be worn by anyone regardless of gender. In another, a black top and veil were paired with a cascading multicolour sequin skirt, the addition of a bow-and-arrow adding a surrealist touch. The irreverent, \u201cmagic\u201d style of her four grandchildren provided additional revelations; \u201cthey\u2019re not children any more, they\u2019re 18, 20, but the magic and journey of them\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\nIf you\u2019re looking for a linear storyline that unites each outfit, you might come up at a loss, but the garments\u2019 individual beauty and vibrance makes things click into place, especially with the help of hair and makeup artist Michael Wolff and photographer Tanja Bruckner.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we made our look book, I saw how [Bruckner] brought to life poses that turned those dresses into a whole different world,\u201d she says. \u201cThe three of us were just a team, there was no boss. It was absolute fun!\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nFor those looking to purchase one of the pieces\u2014for preservation as a form of art, or to dress exuberantly at your next function\u2014you can\u2019t buy them, at least not yet. Schutzinger doesn\u2019t rule out letting them go in the future, but not before she\u2019s taken each one for a spin.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t [sold] the pieces yet, but I\u2019ve been out dog-walking in them,\u201d she says with an air of laissez-faire, uncaring about the stares she\u2019s probably received from uninitiated passers-by. She notes that a range of handmade bags that evoke natural landscapes might be available eventually, but if she ever were to part way with the pieces from \u2018Grace\u2019, she intends for them to be worn however the wearer pleases. \u201cThey\u2019re fragile and elegant yet robust\u2026 they can be worn in any way for whatever occasion,\u201d she posits. Taking the dog for a walk has never looked so glamorous.<\/p>\n

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